Cub Tracks Loves The Fight

From Comcast SportsNet Chicago:

• Joe Maddon loves the fight that he sees in the Cubs after their walkoff win on Sunday afternoon.
• What does Maddon think of losing an off-day late in September to a make-up game against the Royals? Actually, he loves it.
• As for the designated hitter, Maddon's not a fan of it.
• And his pick for the Stanley Cup between the Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning: "May the best team win."

From Cubs.com:

• David Ross knew that he was going to need to deliver in Sunday's win.
• It's one week until the draft... and not much has changed with the Cubs' plans.
• Anthony Rizzo wins Twitter again, this time with Addison Russell as they head to Miami for their series against the Marlins.

From ESPN Chicago:

• I loved this line from Doug Padilla: Give the Cubs an inch and they'll take the whole darn ruler.
• Jesse Rogers gives a state-of-the-team report with two months in the books.
• Even with all that Chicago has to offer, Joe Maddon still likes to keep it simple.

From CBS Chicago:

• If there's one word you don't want to use around Joe Maddon, it's probably "development".
• This week's "Behind the Plate" focuses on Carol Haddon, a season-ticket holder for the past 44 years, reportedly the longest tenure at Wrigley Field.
• World War II veteran Tony Gianunzio fulfilled a goal on Sunday that he had wanted for 70 years: Throwing a pitch at Wrigley Field.

From the Chicago Tribune:

• Mark Gonzales takes a closer look at the Cubs' 14-14 record in the month of May.
• Paul Sullivan looks ahead at the Cubs' upcoming road trip.
• [VIDEO] Joe Maddon weighs in on the Blackhawks-Lightning series in the Stanley Cup Finals.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

• The Cubs may not be ready "yet" for the World Series, but Joe Maddon believes that they're a playoff-caliber team.
• One big focus from Maddon to the Cubs: Keep the game from speeding up.
• Kyle Schwarber is working hard to stay behind the plate, and Cubs director of player development Jaron Madison thinks he'll do just that.
• Remember how well Kris Bryant did in his first 45 games at Double-A?  Turns out Schwarber's doing even better.

From the Daily Herald:

• Sunday's start from Tsuyoshi Wada was the best outing he's had this season, according to Joe Maddon.

From Bleacher Nation:

• As the calendar turns to June, the Cubs still have a better-than-50 percent projection to make the playoffs from both Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs.

From Chicago Cubs Online:

• There's still a lot of talk surrounding the Cubs and Cole Hamels.

From Cubs Insider:

• In case you missed Sunday's game, it appears that Hector Rondon broke out a changeup, a pitch that Brooks Baseball shows that he has used a total of 18 times in his career.

Miscellaneous:

• Rob Neyer investigates whether Kyle Schwarber will wind up at catcher eventually -- or perhaps in left field for the Cubs this summer.

Today's food for thought:

• [VIDEO] It's a Giant Marble Run!
• An unidentified woman dropped off an Apple computer at a CleanBayArea electronics recycling center in April. No big deal, other than the fact that the computer in particular was an original Apple-1 computer that the center sold for $200,000 to a private collector. They want to split the profits with the donor... but they don't know who the donor was.